The following is a list of finalists and their topics that were chosen by a juried panel of historians and educators to move on to the state-level competition at Delaware Technical Community College's Stanton campus:

First Place – Justin Richards – John D. Rockefeller and The Standard Oil Monopoly

Second Place – Daniel Moore and Will Nylander – Television's Impact on the Vietnam War

Third Place – Matt Pelton – Jesse Owens: Olympic Pioneer

Fourth Place – Kira Beam and Vanessa Velazquez – The Holoaust: Never Again

Fifth Place – Erin Hainsworth – Delaware and the Underground Railroad

Sixth Place – Morgan Callahan – The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

Honorable mention also was given to Anthony Lupoli for his project, The 9-11 Attack.